Session 2 Climate Change

Tuesday, 23 October 2007: 3:30 PM-5:15 PM
The Turrets (Atlantic Oakes Resort)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair:
Beth L. Hall, DRI, Climate, Ecosystem and Fire Applications, Reno, NV

Papers:
3:30 PM
2.1
Recent large-scale forest fires in boreal forests and climate change -Discussion based on weather data in Alaska and Sakha-
Hiroshi Hayasaka, Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan; and M. Fukuda, K. Kushida, R. Jandt, and F. Alexander
3:45 PM
2.2
4:00 PM
2.3
Forest fire emissions under climate change: impacts on air quality
Anabela Carvalho, Univ. of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal; and A. Monteiro, M. D. Flannigan, V. Martins, A. I. Miranda, and C. Borrego
4:15 PM
2.4
Effects of climate change on forest fires over North America and impact on U.S. air quality and visibility
Rynda C. Hudman, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA; and D. V. Spracklen, J. A. Logan, L. J. Mickley, R. M. Yevich, M. D. Flannigan, and A. L. Westerling
4:30 PM
2.5
Impacts of climate change on fire activity and fire management in the circumboreal forest
M.D. Flannigan, Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada; and B. J. Stocks, M. Turetsky, and B. M. Wotton
4:45 PM
2.6
Future climate and the Haines Index as simulated by the NCAR CCSM3.0 general circulation model
Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and J. A. Winkler, H. Prawiranata, K. Piromsopa, and X. Bian
5:00 PM
2.7
Assessing climate change and fire danger
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada; and W. M. Jolly and B. L. Hall
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